Person

Joseph James (Johnson County, farmer and soldier)

b. 1844?

Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Ephraim James and Sarah James. Resident in Lawrence County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Johnson County in 1860. Sergeant in the 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia (U.S.A.) from May 21, 1864, to June 21, 1864.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 121A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 38.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, Rockcastle, p. 10.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 896.

Citation

James, Joseph. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212227 (November 12, 2026).

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